Tupelo Community Theatre will present an acting workshop on Tuesday, November 19, 7:00p.m. This workshop is open to anyone 18 and older, and there is no charge. The class will cover stage presence, character development, scene breakdown, acting for singers, and much, much more! Workshop leaders will be award-winning actors Todd Barnett, Mark Maharrey, and Jonathan Martin. The workshop will take place at 213 East Franklin Street, and space is limited. To sign up for the workshop, call the TCT office at 844-1935 or email 1tct@bellsouth.net.

TCT productions

Tupelo Community Theatre’s production of the Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life will be presented December 5-7 at the Lyric Theatre in downtown Tupelo. Production times are 7:30 p.m. each evening, as well as a 2 p.m. matinee on December 7th. Tickets go on sale November 25 and are $18 for adults and $6 for students and younger. The stage adaptation tells the saga of George Bailey, an Everyman from the small town of Bedford Falls, whose dreams of escape and adventure have been quashed by family obligation and civic duty. His guardian angel has to descend on Christmas Eve to save him from despair and remind him that his life has been, after all, a wonderful one.

TCT is partnering with the Girl Scouts’ Food for Families drive for this production and will offer free concessions to those bringing canned food contributions to the production.

TCT will offer two school performances of It’s a Wonderful Life at 9 a.m. and Noon on December 2nd . Classes may reserve their space anytime. Tickets for these performances are $4.

For more information visit www.tct.ms or to reserve tickets call the TCT office at 844-1935.

Tupelo Community Theatre’s Off Broadway production of The SantaLand Diaries, by David Sedaris and adapted by Joe Mantello, will be presented December 12-14 at 7:30 p.m. at 213 East Franklin. The play is a brilliant evocation of what a slacker’s Christmas must feel like when he decides to become a Macy’s elf during the holiday crunch The play contains explicit language and is not recommended for children. Tickets are $18 for adults and $6 for students and may be purchased by calling the TCT ticket office at 844-1935.